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Connor Gilroy
Computational sociologist & PhD student
Education
PhD, Sociology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
expected 2022 - 2018
Comprehensive Exam: “Community: Origins, Processes, and Consequences.” Passed with distinction (June 2019)
Certificate: Special Concentration in Social Statistics (May 2019)
MA, Sociology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
2018 - 2015
Thesis: “How Distinct is Gay Neighborhood Change? Patterns and Variation in Gayborhood Trajectories.”
- Department of Sociology Outstanding Master’s Thesis (2019)
- Graduate School Distinguished Thesis Award in Social Sciences (2019)
Committee: Kate Stovel (chair), Emilio Zagheni
BA, Biology and Geophysical Sciences
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
2013 - 2009
Minor: Gender and Sexuality Studies
Publications
Measuring the Predictability of Life Outcomes with a Scientific Mass Collaboration
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2020
Salganik, Matthew J., Ian Lundberg, Alexander T. Kindel, [and 109 others, including Connor Gilroy]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(15):8398–8403.
Work in Progress
How Distinct is Gay Neighborhood Change? Patterns and Variation in Gayborhood Trajectories
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Fellowships, Honors, & Awards
2019. Graduate School Distinguished Thesis Award in Social Sciences
2019. Department of Sociology Outstanding Master’s Thesis
2018. Travel Award, Schwartz Endowment, University of Washington ($1000)
2017. Best Poster (for “Extending the Demography of Sexuality with Digital Trace Data”) (co-winner), Fall Lightning Talks and Poster Session, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington
2017. Travel Award, Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation, University of Washington ($500)
2017. Participant in the Russell Sage Foundation Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS), Princeton University
2016–2017. NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Fellowship, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington ($23376)
2016. Schwartz Award, Department of Sociology, University of Washington ($3500)
2015–2016. Top Scholar Award, Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation, University of Washington
Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
present - 2020
- Text and network community detection (with Zack Almquist) | Python, R
User Experience Research Intern
Seattle, WA
2020
- Quantitative studies of participation in new communities | R, SQL
Consultant, Survey Data Analysis
The World Bank Group
Washington, DC
2020
- Modeling and visualization of gender-based disparities in Central Asia | R
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
2018 - 2015
- Agent-based network models (with Katherine Stovel) | NetLogo, R
Teaching Experience
Instructor
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
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- SOC 225: Data and Society (2018, 2019)
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
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Undergraduate:
- SOC 316: Sociological Theory (2019)
- SOC 225: Data and Society (2018)
- SOC 401 A: Data Science and Population Processes (2017)
- SOC 351: Intimate Relationships (2016)
Graduate:
- SOC 504, 505, 506: Social Statistics (2019-2020)
- CSSS 564: Bayesian Statistics for the Social Sciences (2018, 2019)
Workshops
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- Organizer, Seattle partner location for the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS-Seattle). eScience Institute, University of Washington (2018)
- Facilitator, IUSSP Training workshop on Social Media, Big Data and Digital Demography. Side meeting at the International Population Conference, Cape Town (2017)
Other Work Experience
Quality Assurance
Epic Systems Corporation
Verona, WI
2015 - 2013
- Automated and manual software testing | C#, Python, Excel
Service
Reviews for Socius, Demographic Research, CHI, Journal of Homosexuality
2020–present. Secretary, Graduate Student Association, Department of Sociology, University of Washington
2018–2020. Organizer, Computational Demography Working Group, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington
2018. Influencer, Social Media Team, ASA Sexualities Preconference
2016–2017. Officer, Rainbow Grads, University of Washington
2015–2017. Wiki Coordinator, Graduate Student Association, Department of Sociology, University of Washington
Conference Presentations
How Distinct is Gay Neighborhood Change? Patterns and Variation in Gayborhood Trajectories
Annual Meeting of the American
Sociological Association
Philadelphia, PA
2018
Special session on “The Social and Cultural Construction of Places”
Power in the Pipeline? Queer Accountability and the Ethics of Data Processing
ASA Sexualities Section Preconference
Philadelphia, PA
2018
“Methodologically Queer” panel
Extending the Demography of Sexuality with Digital Trace Data
Population Association of America Annual Meeting
Denver, CO
2018
Session on Families, Social Media, and Technology
Social Structure and Change in Public Opinion: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage
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With Katherine Stovel. Invited book chapter for Architecture of the Social, Peter Hedström and Petri Ylikoski, editors. draft submitted September 2016